Characters
Can shapeshift into other forms; Used to be a star
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
Mrs. Whatsit transforms into this in ch. 4
What is a horse-like creature with wings?
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Who said it: "I know our world isn't perfect, Charles, but it's better than this. This isn't the only alternative! It can't be!"
Who is Meg Murry?
The genre of A Wrinkle in Time
What is science fiction?
Meg's twin brothers
Who are Sandy and Dennys?
The character that Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace meet in the CENTRAL Central Intelligence building
Who is the man with red eyes?
A comparison that does NOT use the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
Who said it: "I didn't mean to tell you. I didn't mean ever to let you know. But, oh, my dears, I did so love being a star!"
Who is Mrs. Whatsit?
Madeleine L'Engle's religion
What is Christianity?
Takes care of Meg when she is frozen after tessering
Who is Aunt Beast?
The word Mrs. Whatsit mentions at the end of ch. 1 that makes Mrs. Murry go pale
What is "Tesseract?"
Giving human traits or actions to non-human things
What is personification?
Who said it: "Vitam impendere vero. To stake one's life for the truth. This is what we must do."
Who is Mrs. Who?
The planet where the creatures sing praises to God
What is Uriel?
Uses their crystal ball to show the children a vision of the black thing taking over Earth
Who is the Happy Medium?
The weapon Meg uses to defeat IT and save Charles Wallace
What is love?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Who said it: "Lead on, moron. I've never even seen your house, and I have the funniest feeling that for the first time in my life I'm going home!"
The planet that Aunt Beast lives on
What is Ixchel?
Meg's principal at school
Who is Mr. Jenkins?
Meg so discouraged despite reuniting with her father because...
What is "she thought her father would be able to fix everything and he can’t?"
A passing reference to a book, play, movie, song, or other work people are likely to be familiar with
What is an allusion?
Who said it: "Going to Camazotz was a complete accident. I never intended even to leave our own solar system. I was heading for Mars."
Who is Mr. Murry?
The two events that influenced Madeleine L'Engle to write the story
What is...
1. The death of her father
2. World War II